<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418634" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>General Confession</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In this noble ring to-day</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let my warning shame ye!<br>Listen to my solemn voice,--</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Seldom does it name ye.<br>Many a thing have ye intended,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many a thing have badly ended,<br>And now I must blame ye.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At some moment in our lives</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We must all repent us!<br>So confess, with pious trust,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">All your sins momentous!<br>Error's crooked pathways shunning.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let us, on the straight road running,<br>Honestly content us!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes! we've oft, when waking, dream'd,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let's confess it rightly;<br>Left undrain'd the brimming cup,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When it sparkled brightly;<br>Many a shepherd's-hour's soft blisses,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Many a dear mouth's flying kisses<br>We've neglected lightly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mute and silent have we sat,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whilst the blockheads prated,<br>And above e'en song divine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Have their babblings rated;<br>To account we've even call'd us</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the moments that enthrall'd us,<br>With enjoyment freighted.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If thou'lt absolution grant</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To thy true ones ever,<br>We, to execute thy will,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ceaseless will endeavour,<br>From half-measures strive to wean us,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Wholly, fairly, well demean us,<br>Resting, flagging never.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At all blockheads we'll at once</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let our laugh ring clearly,<br>And the pearly-foaming wine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Never sip at merely.<br>Ne'er with eye alone give kisses,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But with boldness suck in blisses<br>From those lips loved dearly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418634" data-title="General Confession de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" data-description="In this noble ring to-day Let my warning shame ye! Listen to my solemn voice,-- Seldom does it name ye. Many a thing have ye intended, Many a thing have badly ended, And now I must blame ye. At some moment in our lives We must all repent us! ..."></div> </div> </div>

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